Chapter 177: The Inn is in Distress

The three of them came to the front of this inn, only to see that on the towering gate, a plaque with white characters on a black background was written in three big characters: Welcome and Farewell Fang.

What a strange name, the general inn restaurant, don't all like to use Huixian Building, Juxian Zhuang or something, this welcome and send-off shop, although it fits the meaning of ushering in, but it obviously feels that the store has a cold attitude, and there is no intention to please the guests.

What's even more strange is that it is still early, but the door of this inn is closed, and although the courtyard looks like a lantern is hung high, there is no bustling people, and it seems that there are relatively few customers who patronize.

Think about it, the inn is in this big mountain, and few people generally come to this kind of ghost place, let alone eat and stay.

Bang Bang Lan Yuejiao knocked on the hanging ring on the door.

"Come on!" Xiao Er in the courtyard reacted very quickly, Lan Yuejiao just knocked on the door, he came out and opened the door, as if he had been waiting for the knock with his ears pricked up.

The door creaked open, and a young man with a sharp beak poked his head out.

He looked the three of them up and down, and made sure that they were here to eat and stay in the hotel, and then he smiled with a smile on his face, "The three of you, please, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?" ”

"Both, let's get two clean upper rooms first." Lan Yuejiao said as she walked inside. He was still holding the injured Ling Rui in his hand.

The shopkeeper glanced at Ling Rui, and knew that he was injured, and he couldn't help but be vigilant in his heart, this injury didn't look like he had fallen, or was attacked by a wild beast, he must have been beaten by someone.

But looking at the two girls beside him, they are bright and clean, and there is no dirt on their bodies, they shouldn't have been beaten by them, so were the three of them hunted down by the enemy?

Seeing the way the shopkeeper looked up and down, Lan Yuejiao was a little displeased, "What do you see, don't you go and prepare!" ”

"Yes, yes, please among the three guest officers, I'll go and prepare."

The three of them were taken to the upper room next to each other, and the shopkeeper flattered and said, "Guest officer, look, how is it?" Are you satisfied? These two rooms, but we have the cleanest and most quiet room here, and no one will come to disturb you. ”

Lan Yuejiao looked around, then pushed open the window to look at the situation outside, and nodded with satisfaction, "It's not bad, just these two." ”

"Would you like something to eat?" I see you've been on a long journey too, so you must be tired and hungry, right? Why don't you try our signature dishes? Make sure that you will eat, and your hunger will be gone. ”

Lan Yuejiao nodded, "Stir-fry two of your best dishes here and send them to our room." ”

"Great! I'll arrange it. ”

The shopkeeper walked away.

Lin Miao hurriedly closed the door, Lan Yuejiao helped Ling Rui, and lay down on the bed first.

"You lie down and rest first, you must be tired today, wait for a while to finish eating, you can rest early." Lan Yuejiao said softly to Ling Rui.

Lin Miao also stepped forward and asked Lan Yuejiao in a low voice, "Sister Yuejiao, what do you think of here?" Any questions? ”

Lan Yuejiao shook her head, "I haven't noticed anything unusual yet, but, be careful, after eating, you also rest early, I will help you keep vigil first." ”

"How can that work? Sister Lanyuejiao, you're tired for a day, so let's rest early, and I'll help keep vigil. Lin Miao shook his head hurriedly.

"Don't fight about this first, the three of us are one now, we must try to save the body, you two sleep first, when I can't hold on, I will wake you up." Lan Yuejiao smiled softly.

Soon, the shopkeeper brought the food over, and he nodded and said to the three of them, "Three guest officers, please use it slowly, if there is anything, just call me." ”

With that, he withdrew.

After being hungry for a day, facing the fragrant meal, Lin Miao couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and was about to taste it, but was stopped by Lan Yuejiao.

"What's wrong? Sister Lan Yuejiao, is there something wrong? Lin Miao was stopped by her, and she suddenly became nervous.

"Let's see if this food is poisonous." Lan Yuejiao took out the silver needle in the baggage and tried the meals one by one, but found nothing suspicious. Then he said to Lin Miao and Ling Rui, "Okay, it's okay, you can eat." ”

"Sister Lan Yuejiao, did you notice anything wrong?" Seeing that Lan Yuejiao was so cautious, Lin Miao asked with some uneasiness.

Lan Yuejiao nodded, "This should be the inn opened by the dark cuisine world, because some of the details of the shopkeeper's actions just now are the common actions of people in the dark cuisine world." ”

"What details of the action?" Lin Miao didn't see anything different.

"As a shopkeeper, it is understandable to wipe the table casually. However, did you notice that when he brought the food from the tray to the table, there was a detailed action, that is, he wiped all the plates and bowls where his fingerprints might have been stained. ”

Lin Miao shook her head, she didn't notice this.

After being reminded by Lan Yuejiao, Ling Rui also remembered that there was indeed such a detailed action.

"I also remembered that the shopkeeper did have this detail of the action." Ling Rui struggled to sit up from the bed, "People in the dark culinary world will keep an eye on their whereabouts everywhere so as not to leave traces, so wherever they touch, they will consciously erase the traces. ”

"This shopkeeper is estimated to be exposed to a lot of things every day, so this action that was originally conscious and eliminated traces has become a subconscious action because he repeats it too many times." Lan Yuejiao continued.

Lin Miao nodded, and after the explanation of the two, she understood, "So, from the time we came in, he was actually deliberately concealing that he was a person from the dark cooking world, but that small detail just now revealed his identity." ”

Thinking of this, Lin Miao hurriedly asked, "Sister Lan Yuejiao, you used to be the sect leader of the dark cooking world, it is impossible for them not to know you, but from the time we came in until now, he has only pretended to treat ordinary guests, do they have any tricks?" ”

Lan Yuejiao's expression was a little solemn, which was also what she was worried about, "At present, I am afraid that this is the case." But fortunately, they didn't do anything in the meal, so we could eat something first and restore the body. If something really happens, at least we are full. ”

"Sister Yuejiao is right." Ling Rui got off the bed, sat down at the table, and prepared to start eating, "The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light." The best way now is to wait and see what happens, and try to store it. Lin Miao, after we finish eating, hurry up and sleep first, so that we can replace Sister Yuejiao, so that she can sleep for a while and nourish her spirits. ”

The three of them quickly finished eating, Lin Miao and Ling Rui fell asleep first, and Lan Yuejiao pricked up her ears and began to keep vigil, she herself and Lin Miao were in the same room, and at the same time listened to the movement in Ling Rui's room.

In the first half of the night, nothing happened, Lan Yuejiao was a little drowsy, the whole night was very quiet, and there was no sound of insects and frogs chirping.

Sleepiness hit, Lan Yuejiao began to doze off, her head sank involuntarily, and she began to nod unconsciously.

At this time, in another room of the inn, Fang Minyue said to Guan Yan, "Master Guan, let's go, it's time to 'invite' those people." ”

Guan Yan was lying on the bed and pretending to sleep, and when he heard Fang Minyue say this, he hurriedly opened his eyes, glanced at him twice, and said, "This kind of thing, do you still need the two of us to go in person?" Just let your men do it. ”

Fang Minyue shook his head, "No, we chased them all the way along the road in front of the mountain, and we didn't see anyone." This welcome and send-off workshop is the meeting place where the front mountain and the back mountain must pass, so Grandpa Meng let us meet here. ”

"But we didn't wait for Meng Huaiqiu now, but waited for the three of them." Guan Yan said slowly.

"That's right! What does this mean? Fang Minyue stared at Guan Yan with burning eyes.

Guan Yan raised his eyebrows, the half mask on his face was half bright and half off under the reflection of the lights in the room, which was extremely weird, "Either Meng Huaiqiu didn't catch up with them, or they did Meng Huaiqiu." ”

Hearing Guan Yan say this, Fang Minyue's face turned cold, and then he returned to normal.

Although Fang Minyue usually called Grandpa Meng in front of Meng Huaiqiu, as if the relationship was extraordinary, in fact, he knew that Meng Huaiqiu did not take him seriously.

And this time, if Meng Huaiqiu was really killed by the three of them as Guan Yan said, then it would be a good thing for Fang Minyue. In this way, he can catch the three of them back and take the credit alone.

If Meng Huaiqiu is still alive, even if he arrests the three of them, the one who wins the first credit will definitely be Meng Huaiqiu, and he will be a foil at most.

"Wouldn't it? With the ability of the three of them, how could they kill my Grandpa Meng, it's ridiculous. Although he hoped that Meng Huaiqiu would die, Fang Minyue was still looking towards Meng Huaiqiu.

He is also well aware of the two sentences of 'knowing people, knowing faces, but not hearts' and 'walls have ears'.

Guan Yan didn't refute him, turned over from the bed and sat up, and listened to the movement outside the house, "Let's act now, will it be too early, with my understanding of Lan Yuejiao, she is very cautious." Tonight, she will have a vigil, and even if she is too sleepy, she will wake up another person to take her place. ”

"It's just the right time. As you just said, Lan Yuejiao will keep watch for the first half of the night, and when she is sleepy in the second half of the night, she will definitely wake up another person to take her place. At this time, when she is sleepy, but she can resist a little, she will never wake up others to replace her, and her own sense of prevention is the weakest. Fang Minyue seems to be very experienced in this point.

Guan Yan didn't squeak, of course he knew that what Fang Minyue said was the truth.

So, he sat up from the bed, took out the things he had prepared in advance, and said to Fang Minyue, "Then let's go, don't delay the opportunity." ”

The two of them came to the door of Lan Yuejiao and Lin Miao's room in the dark, Fang Minyue swiped a little saliva with his fingers, and then gently poked open the paper-paste window paper.

The room was dark, and Lan Yuejiao didn't light it.

Fang Minyue was a little uncertain, is this Lan Yuejiao's room? There was no light in the house, in case it was wrong

Guan Yan saw that he was hesitant, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, this little white face, that is, it sounds good to say, and when he really wants to do something, he is his mother-in-law again. No wonder the lady with three cups of chicken doesn't look down on him.

Guan Yan nudged him gently, and then leaned over to the poked window, picked up a small bamboo tube, and gently blew a smoky smoke into it.

Soon, I heard a thud, like the sound of something falling to the ground.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, knowing that the voice must be that the person sitting on the stool had been fascinated and planted on the ground.

Fang Min took the lead, he gently pried open the door and entered the room.

Although it was dark in the room, the more Fang Min stood for a while, he quickly adapted to the light inside, and the faint light outside the room, Fang Min saw more clearly that it was Lan Yuejiao who fell to the ground.

He turned around and touched the bed, and found a person lying on his shoulder, hurriedly carrying it to his shoulder, and then shouted outside, "Master Guan, come in and take a hand." ”

Guan Yan walked in steadily, saw that Fang Minyue had already carried one on his shoulder, and then looked at the one lying on the ground, and knew that this was what he left for himself.

This kid is really good enough, he carries a child by himself, and lets himself carry the adult.

However, this is also a small meaning for Guan Yan. He picked up Lan Yuejiao from the ground, and a fragrance immediately entered his nose, Guan Yan wrinkled his nose slightly, and then said "not good" to Fang Minyue

Before he finished speaking, Guan Yan fell to the ground.

Fang Minyue just saw Guan Yan fall to the ground, and he suddenly became confused, "Master Guan, this is the end."

After dawn the next day, the shopkeeper came to Lan Yuejiao's room to inspect and found that there were actually two big men lying on the ground, and the two women who lived here last night were gone.

"Ahh Come on, come on! The shopkeeper screamed and ran out.

When Guan Yan and Fang Minyue woke up, they found that they were leaning back in their chairs, surrounded by a group of people in front of them, namely the subordinates they brought, as well as the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper of the Greeting and Sending Workshop.

"What's going on?" Fang Minyue rubbed his temples and shook his head, which was still a little dizzy.

Guan Yan stared at a pair of eyes, looked at the door of the welcome and send-off workshop blankly, and said nothing.

"Master Guan? Master Guan? Fang Minyue shook Guan Yan's shoulder.

"Huh?" Guan Yan came back to his senses: "What's wrong?" ”

"Do you know what's going on? Why did the two of us faint all of a sudden? At this time, Fang Minyue seemed to suddenly remember what was going on, and hurriedly asked the people gathered in front of him, "What about the three of them?" ”

"When I entered the house in the morning, I only found the two of you, and the three of them were gone, and they probably have fled." Shopkeeper said.

"Damn, they ran away!" Fang Minyue was depressed in his heart, and the cooked duck actually slipped away from his mouth.

"It seems that they were prepared, and we must have been negligent somewhere." Guan Yan said all the thoughts. R1152